The construction industry is facing disruption. Like any industry facing sweeping change, we can either choose to innovate and surpass expectations — or we can sit back and let the shift overcome our businesses.

Stephen Mulva and CII recently unveiled a draft Manifesto calling for transformational change in our industry (see below). Continuum Advisory Group has been a proud partner in this effort, coordinating workshops throughout the country that have provided input for this Manifesto. These discussions have also laid the groundwork for the 2018 CURT Owner Trends Study.

To further drive this change, we now invite leaders to share their stories of bold and innovative strategies to achieve success. We want to hear more about transparency, trust, under-funding of R&D, and fragmentation. We also want to hear how your team is overcoming these challenges. If you have a story of bold and innovative strategies in project execution, we want to feature it! We also welcome nominations from throughout the construction industry.

This information and study will tie into the 2018 CURT National Conference theme of Leading Strategies to Optimize Project Outcomes and will highlight the stories of owners that demonstrated excellence in a variety of areas.

We can lead this change or be overcome by it. We can achieve improvements in cost, schedule, quality, and safety performance results to support the needs of our citizens. We gathered some of your stories at the recent CURT November member meetings in Atlanta. Please continue to share your stories with us. Contact Kelcey at khenderson[at]continuumag.com.